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France's environmental policies: Internalising global and local externalities

Egert, Balazs - 2012

also at dealing with local air and water pollution, waste management and the conservation of biodiversity. The laws that … followed the Grenelle de l'environnement encompass policy measures in energy generation, manufacturing, transport, waste … reduce carbon intensity in the residential and transport sectors; how to improve waste management; and whether external costs …

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Managing the gaseous waste in Nuclear Medicine: a novel approach

Santos, Eleonora; Khan, Shahed - In: International Journal of Environmental Science and … (2018) Online First, pp. 1-6

present and describe a new method for the treatment of gaseous waste that is economically feasible. It focuses on diverting …

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Making state circular economy parks work for Indian states (Part 2): An economic analysis using the ICRIER's Sampada WSUT model

Goldar, Amrita; Jain, Sajal; Verma, Ritika; Nair, Kartik - 2024

-established, there are several macroeconomic benefits like employment creation. There is an essential need to focus on waste management … policies and measures that can aid an effective functioning of the entire waste management system in the country. In line with … (IRRP) in the state of Rajasthan using the ICRIER Sampada Waste Supply-Use Table (WSUT) model. The WSUT model includes (a …

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Using composite indicators in econometric decision models: With application to occupational health

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2020

The paper explains the use of composite indicators as objective functions in econometric decision models. We consider an example of minimizing the harm from two kinds of pollution at the workplace, which can be reduced by two types of anti-pollution measures restricted to a given budget. At...

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Climate risk, bank lending and monetary policy

Altavilla, Carlo; Boucinha, Miguel; Pagano, Marco; … - 2024

Combining euro-area credit register and carbon emission data, we provide evidence of a climate risk-taking channel in banks' lending policies. Banks charge higher interest rates to firms featuring greater carbon emissions, and lower rates to firms committing to lower emissions, controlling for...

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Air quality alerts and don't drive appeals: Evidence on voluntary pollution mitigation dynamics from Germany

Dangel, Alexander; Goeschl, Timo - 2025

This paper studies temporal factors influencing the effectiveness of don't drive appeals (DDAs) which policy-makers use to encourage motorists to voluntarily reduce driving during transitory high pollution episodes. We derive and empirically validate a theoretical framework for DDAs where the...

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Air Pollution and the Labor Market: Evidence from Wildfire Smoke

Borgschulte, Mark; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - 2022

We study how air pollution impacts the U.S. labor market by analyzing effects of drifting wildfire smoke that can affect populations far from the fires themselves. We link satellite smoke plume with labor market outcomes to estimate that an additional day of smoke exposure reduces quarterly...

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The Effect of Environmental Policies on Intrinsic Motivation: Evidence from the Eurobarometer Surveys

Bonev, Petyo; Gorkun-Voevoda, Liudmila; Knaus, Michael - 2022

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From low emission zone to academic track: Environmental policy effects on educational achievement in elementary school

Brehm, Johannes; Pestel, Nico; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2022

Low Emission Zones (LEZs) reduce local air pollution by restricting emission-intensive vehicles from accessing designated areas and have been shown to improve population health. Little is known about the effects of driving restriction policies on other areas of life. This paper studies the...

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Low Emission Zones for Better Health: Evidence from German Hospitals

Pestel, Nico; Wozny, Florian - 2019

This paper studies health effects from restricting the access of high-emission vehicles to innercities by implementing Low Emission Zones. For identification, we exploit variation in the timing and the spatial distribution of the introduction of new Low Emission Zones across cities in Germany....

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